Question M42 Rautarn Helmet - Makers Mark - Series Number ?
On Saturday at the flea-market bought this M42 Rautarn helmet with liner, no decal nor any signs of one being there at all. At the collectors club later on Saturday evening I was bemoaning the fact there was no decal with a fellow collector and couldn’t establish if it was from Heer or Luftwaffe. He said, with the maker’s name and series / batch number I could trace which unit the helmet had been issued to, is this true ?
My helmet has the batch number 5487 the makers mark is a little more difficult being only lightly stamped. What I can read - K reverse C 6 - there were two makers which used K as part of ID mark (Eisenhüttewerke) had CKL and Sächsiche Emaillier had NKL. The 6 I take to be first part of the size number, reverse C no idea. Has perhaps a member / moderator any lists ? and would be able backtrack from the series number 5487 to find out which maker the helmet is from and better still which unit it was issued to. Any information welcome. Regards
My helmet has the batch number 5487 the makers mark is a little more difficult being only lightly stamped. What I can read - K reverse C 6 - there were two makers which used K as part of ID mark (Eisenhüttewerke) had CKL and Sächsiche Emaillier had NKL. The 6 I take to be first part of the size number, reverse C no idea. Has perhaps a member / moderator any lists ? and would be able backtrack from the series number 5487 to find out which maker the helmet is from and better still which unit it was issued to. Any information welcome. Regards
